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The Reporter. (Akron, Ohio), 1972-02-19

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Reporter VOL. ? WO. II FEBRUARY II THRU FEBRUARY 2?, 1171 15 cents pei copy GOD ANSWERS PRAYER ... FRIEND OF THE CONSUMERS BLACK FOLK SURVIVAL EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR WORK URGED WASHINGTON? -Secretary at Labor J. D. Hodgson, in a recent speech, called for greater effort by both the private and public sectors to achieve "equal opportunity for work." Hie Secretary spoke before the White House Conference on the Industrial World Ahead: A Look at Business in 1900 "What do we mean by equal opportunity for work?" Hodgson asked. "As a nation we have adopted the principle but we have yet to define it fully or implement if effectively. For instance, the level of unemployment among minorities is still highly disproportionate and the range of occupational opportunities for women is entirlely too narrow. "Until we remedy these kinds of deficiencies the American labor market will be marked by ferment. The hopeful sign here is that much goodwill exists in seeking remedies. But only through diligence Oft hogx the private and public sectors can we devise suitable answers to the many remaining questions about equal employment opportunity for all." Hodgson also raised some questions about the future of collective bargaining, in which, he said, there are two primary problem areas? "the big crippling strike and inflationinducing wage settlements." . Public demand, not the wishes of labor or management, is the force that win shape future changes in collective bargaining," the Secretary said. "Public interest, not private influence, will prevail." Hodgson said "employment stimulation" is one of the main goals of the Federal government. "Keeping employment levels high is surely becoming an ever higher priority issue in the national consciousness," he said. "What are we going to do about education and training for work?" the Secretary asked. "Technological advance and industry shifts have wiped out a whole spectrum of jobs that once could be performed without training. Meanwhile our educational system has concentrated on what is called a general curriculum. "So today mitlhms of young people leave the classrooms and enter the working world without suitable preparation. Hie result is a scandalously high youth unemployment rate . . . Above all, the next 20 years must produce better bridges between the world of education and the world of work? both before and after entry by the individual into the labor force." ENROLL NOW FOR MEDICAL INSURANCE People who are 65 and haven't already signed up for the medical insurance part of Medicare may enroll now through March 31 at any social security office. The medical part of Medicare helps pay the doctor bills for people 65 and over. "Almost everyone 65 and over is eligible," according to Marlene M. Moleski, Social Security District Manager in Akron. "Most people who didn't sign up in their original enrollment period can sign up now," she said. The medical insurance program is the voluntary part of Medicare. People who enroll in it are required to pay monthly premiums that are matched by the Federal Government. It supplements Medicare hospital insurance, which is funded by social security contributions by workers, employers, and the self-employed, and helps pay the hospital bills of people 65 and over. "You have 7 months to sign up for the medical insurance part of Medicare the first time," Miss Moleski said. "You can sign up during the 3 months before you're 65, during the month you reach 65, or during the 3 months after you're 65, or during the 3 months after you're 65 But if you wish to have the protection beginning with the month you're 65, you must apply during the 3 month period before you're 65. "Within 3 years after the end of your first enrollment period, you can still sign up during any January, February, or March," she said. "But if you enroll and then cancel your medical insurance protection, you're eligible to re-enroll only once. And you pay a higher premium is you sign up after your first enrollment period." Nine out of 10 people 65 and over are enrolled in the medical insurance part of Medicare. I.ast year the program paid $2 billion in benefits on behalf of 9Vi million people. Medicare is administered by the Social Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. THE PLAN Survival of Black Folks through full employment has brought the major Civil Rights Organizations, Labor, Fraternal Groups into the plan Of the 1970's and their full support behind Dr. Leon H. Sullivan and the 105 OIC centers throughout America. As most of the leaders acknowledged their support of the OIC program, it will take the diversity of leadership from all groups to bring success to the efforts of all 22 million Black Folks. Roy Wilkins, Executive Director of the NAACP, stated that Quality Education is a must for all black children, otherwise 9 per cent of the black population will be Unemployed by 1900. Only the ability to compete for the good jobs will have any affect in this Racist-Capitalist Society. Dr. Ralph D. Abernathy called upon the administration to do something about the $13,000 monthly check being paid to Senator Eastland of Miss, for not growing anything upon his acreage in Miss. He further stated that this must be a welfare check, otherwise it would have stopped a long time ago. If the Administration could pay this amount every month in good conscious, then every American should receive his welfare check for doing nothing, too. Vice President, itgnew spent millions passing out moon rocks to the political leaders of the world. He would have been more appreciated if he had been passing out bread to the hungry chikken. Since President Nixon has no plan which works, God has directed Dr. Abernathy to evict President Nixon from the HEART LUNCHEON & FASHION SHOW Over 1300 persons attended an Affair of the Heart Luncheon and Fashion Show sponsored by the Women's Board of the Washington Heart Association today at the Sheraton Park Motel, Mrs. Pat Nixon, wife of the Ptresident, was honor guest. n?e latest spring fashions were shown by Lord and Taylor. Other head table guests were : Mrs. Warren E. Burger, wife of the Chief Justice; Mrs. John B Connally , wife of the Secretary of the Treasury; Mrs. James D. Hodgson, wife of the Secretary of Labor; Mrs. John N. Mitchell, wife of the Attorney General; Mrs. Elliot L. Richardson, wife of the Secretary Health, Education and Welfare; Mrs George W. Romney, wife of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Mrs. Emil Mosbacher, Jr., wife of the Chief of Protocol and Mrs. Walter E. Washington, wife of the Mayor. Proceeds from this year's luncheon will support 40 high school research award winners who will attend a series of lectures this summer at various science laboratories in the Washington area. In past years the Women's Board has sponsored clinical cardiology fellowships and purchased special equipment to train hospital personnel to care for patiehts in intensive care units and monitoring equipment for the intensive care unit at Sibley Hospital Mrs. Walter J. Hodges is Chairman of the Women's Board and Mrs. J. Willard Marriott, Jr. is Chairman of the Luncheon and Fashion Show. Mayor Walter Washington has proclaimed February as Heart Month and called on all citizens of the District to support the activities of the Washington Heart Association. Francis G. Addison III is General Campaign Chairman of the 1972 Heart Fund Drive Mrs. Anna Chennault is Chairman for Heart Sunday, February 27, the day 10,000 volunteers visit their neighbors' homes delivering Heart Facts of Life and seeking contributions to support the programs of research, education and community service of the Washington Heart Association. Dr. John B. Johnson is President of the Washington Heart Association CANDIDATE FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE Mary E. McGowan is seeking the 42nd District nomination and asking to be returned to the House of Representatives. She previously served in the 105th and 106th General Assembly. "Mary as she is always called, was chosen as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, was pledged to Estes Kefauver for President of the United States. She was elected National Committeewoman from Ohio at that convention. She is currently serving as 14th Congressional State Central Committeewoman and has been since 1963. She is an Honorary Life member of the Federated Democratic Women of Ohio. I^ocally. she is Corresponding Secretary of Federated Democratic Women of Summit County, Recording Secretary of Akron Womens Democratic Club. She has served as Campaign Chairman and Coordinator for many successful candidates both state and locally. In addition, she is Corresponding Secretary and white house in November, 1972. It appears that the leaders have a plan to save America. They are together with determination to see it enforcedMary E. McGowan Board Member of The March of Dimes In the past, she has served as President of Womens Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernians. Mark Heffernan Division, and a Charter Member of the Catholic Daughters of America Mary is listed in "Who's Who of American Women" and also in "Who's Who in America " FREE YOURSELF BY VOTING Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. The National Urban League has come a long way since a band of brave reformers came together over 60 years ago to provide services for new migrants to the bustling cities of pre- World War One America. \jc\oic b*s come a long way s n/o l.:,tin?r Sullivan and his parishioners started their 10-36 Plan to put some muscle into the economic power of black people. But the times have changed too. and as our respective organizations have grown to meet the needs of black people and of the poor of all races, the problems facing the country have deepened They have become more complex in some ways more unyielding. What White America has experienced as a recession. Black America has felt as a Depression. While we seek the economic empowerment of our people, six million Americans walk the streets looking for work that isn't there. While we seek the answers to reviving an ailing economy, the issue of ending poverty has been moved to a back burner, where it suffers not -so-benign neglect. The fate of black workers and entreqpr The fate of black workers and entrepreneurs is no longer limited to the demands of the marketplace; it has become enmeshed in complex issues of devaluation, import policies, government assistance, and overall economic policies. And back of all of the complex technical economic questions looms the great unresolved issue that is the core of the American dilemma? racial justice. There is at this time, a growing despair that this nation can ever solve the racial divisions that have so torn and bloodied the fabric of our society. Much of what America s attitude seems to be I rozen in a sullen resentment against what it interprets as a capitulation of blacks in the sixties. Many middle Americans seem to be complaining that: "They've got their laws. We've .pre c;ear;u defomed tjeir rights. We've hired a few; voted for noe. A black doctor just moved into our suburban neighborhood. We eat with them in restaurants; sit l>eside them in buses ; and even allow a few to desegrate our schools? on a token basis, of course. What more do they want? But while black Americans are syaing "a little bit of freedom won't do," many white Americans respond "thus far for black folk? and no further." Hence, there is a national impasse founded on white Americ'a apparent reluctance to complete the moral and social revolution started in the sixties, and its inability to fully understand that the civil rights issues of that decade are no longer the issues of the seventies The civil rights issues of the sixties have changed. In the sixties, the issue was the right to sit on the bus ; today the issue is where that bus is going and what does it cost to get there. In the sixties, the issue was the right to eat at the lunch counter; today the issue is the hunger and malnutrition that stalk the land. In the sixties, the issue was fair employment opportunity. Today, that can no longer be separated from full employment of black people and equal access to every kind and level of employment up to and including top policy-making jobs. These are issues that cannot be met by wage-price freezes or by a Phase One that keeps restrictions on pay raises for people making far less than the government's own definition of a minimum standard of living budget These are issues that cannot be met by half-way measures of welfare reform, modest steps toward inconclusive health insurance reforms, or by emergency measures that fall far short of a comprehensive manpower policy that will create jobs and economic opportunities for all who need them Hie greatly expanded effort to assist minority business enterprises is welcome, but it must also be joined with the kind of sweeping reforms that will end thehistoric inequity whereby the bottom fifth of the nation's people get only a twentieth of the income, while the top twentieth of the people get a fifth of the income The central civil rights issue of the seventies then, is the restructuring of America's economic and political power so that black people have their fair share of the rewards, the responsibilities, and the decision-making in every sector of our common society. This demands a more sophisticated, tougher strategy than the marches and demonstrations of the past. We are no longer engaged in a Dr. Leon H. Sullivan (right) congratulates Atty. William R. Ellis (left) on Akron Metropolitan QIC being number one on the alphabetical list of OIC centers throughout America. moral struggle for the conscience of the nation, nor is the civil rights thrust still focused on the Old Confederacy. If we've learned anything about the new issues it is that racism is not just a Southern phenomenon, but that it is endemic to all America. And we have leanred too. that other sections of the country can react with as much violence, repression and irrationality today, as the South has historically. Black people in the seventies will no longer be comforted by the stirring resolve sung in the sixties: "Ain't gonna let nobody turn us around,'' because when they see the new Supreme Court, they'll know we've been turned around. Black people will no longer find the same inspiration in the words of the black woman walking in the Montgomery bus boycott who said: "My feets is tired but my soul is rested." The fact today is that not only are her feet tired, but they hurt, and her soul is not rested, but tested, 'cause her spirit is broken and made low. Marches on Washington won't pass a fair and equitable welfare reform bill, but blacks marching to the ballot box might. Irrational opposition to bussing and lawsuits are no guarantee to stop the school buses, but integrated suburbs and neighborhoods and quality education for all might. Corporate responsibility won't amount to much if it's limited to signing up as equal opportunity employers, hiring a few black workers, ana donating a bit less to the Urban League or OIC than to the company president's alma mater But it might take on a new meaning if corporate executives left their offices and went into the ghetto to see for themselves what it is like to be poor and black in this America in 1972. And that goes too, for the Administration in Washington. Next week the President will embark on his historic journey to China. He travels to China on a mission of international understanding and a search for peace that 11 Americans pray will be successful. At the same time, we ask the President and key members of his Administration to Journey as well, to the poverty-stricken underside of our own affluent socidty. We ask the Administration to make a spiritual pilgrimage to Black America, to engage in an urgent mission of healing the deprivation of the ghetto, to demonstrate its concern with the hungry children of the urban ghettos and rural farmlands as it is demonstrating its concern with the strategies of world politics. China is very far away, but so too are ghettos of the South Bronx, the vast blocks of abandoned buildings in St. Louis, and the hunger -stricken counties of Mississippi and Alabama. It was necessaru for the Administration to travel to far-off China in search of world peace, just as it is necessary for it to journey to our Other America in search of domestic peace and justice for all its citizens. For it must understand the human suffering and the human aspirations behind the walls of the rotting tenements and vrumbling shacks. It must understand that the federal resources made available to the Urban League and OIC must go hand in hand with a dramatic commitment to change, and with steady and relentless positive action on the broad range of issues affecting black people. And it must understand that the needs of America's forgotten poor of all races cannot be sacrificed on the latar of expediency they cannot be told that the treasury cannot cope with their just needs while we build space shuttles and new weapons It must come to understand what the whole nation and all. black people must realize? that the era of piecemeal reforms and halfhearted measures is over and that there is a new era upon us. ( nnlimird to Page <?

Reporter VOL. ? WO. II FEBRUARY II THRU FEBRUARY 2?, 1171 15 cents pei copy GOD ANSWERS PRAYER ... FRIEND OF THE CONSUMERS BLACK FOLK SURVIVAL EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR WORK URGED WASHINGTON? -Secretary at Labor J. D. Hodgson, in a recent speech, called for greater effort by both the private and public sectors to achieve "equal opportunity for work." Hie Secretary spoke before the White House Conference on the Industrial World Ahead: A Look at Business in 1900 "What do we mean by equal opportunity for work?" Hodgson asked. "As a nation we have adopted the principle but we have yet to define it fully or implement if effectively. For instance, the level of unemployment among minorities is still highly disproportionate and the range of occupational opportunities for women is entirlely too narrow. "Until we remedy these kinds of deficiencies the American labor market will be marked by ferment. The hopeful sign here is that much goodwill exists in seeking remedies. But only through diligence Oft hogx the private and public sectors can we devise suitable answers to the many remaining questions about equal employment opportunity for all." Hodgson also raised some questions about the future of collective bargaining, in which, he said, there are two primary problem areas? "the big crippling strike and inflationinducing wage settlements." . Public demand, not the wishes of labor or management, is the force that win shape future changes in collective bargaining," the Secretary said. "Public interest, not private influence, will prevail." Hodgson said "employment stimulation" is one of the main goals of the Federal government. "Keeping employment levels high is surely becoming an ever higher priority issue in the national consciousness," he said. "What are we going to do about education and training for work?" the Secretary asked. "Technological advance and industry shifts have wiped out a whole spectrum of jobs that once could be performed without training. Meanwhile our educational system has concentrated on what is called a general curriculum. "So today mitlhms of young people leave the classrooms and enter the working world without suitable preparation. Hie result is a scandalously high youth unemployment rate . . . Above all, the next 20 years must produce better bridges between the world of education and the world of work? both before and after entry by the individual into the labor force." ENROLL NOW FOR MEDICAL INSURANCE People who are 65 and haven't already signed up for the medical insurance part of Medicare may enroll now through March 31 at any social security office. The medical part of Medicare helps pay the doctor bills for people 65 and over. "Almost everyone 65 and over is eligible," according to Marlene M. Moleski, Social Security District Manager in Akron. "Most people who didn't sign up in their original enrollment period can sign up now," she said. The medical insurance program is the voluntary part of Medicare. People who enroll in it are required to pay monthly premiums that are matched by the Federal Government. It supplements Medicare hospital insurance, which is funded by social security contributions by workers, employers, and the self-employed, and helps pay the hospital bills of people 65 and over. "You have 7 months to sign up for the medical insurance part of Medicare the first time," Miss Moleski said. "You can sign up during the 3 months before you're 65, during the month you reach 65, or during the 3 months after you're 65, or during the 3 months after you're 65 But if you wish to have the protection beginning with the month you're 65, you must apply during the 3 month period before you're 65. "Within 3 years after the end of your first enrollment period, you can still sign up during any January, February, or March," she said. "But if you enroll and then cancel your medical insurance protection, you're eligible to re-enroll only once. And you pay a higher premium is you sign up after your first enrollment period." Nine out of 10 people 65 and over are enrolled in the medical insurance part of Medicare. I.ast year the program paid $2 billion in benefits on behalf of 9Vi million people. Medicare is administered by the Social Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. THE PLAN Survival of Black Folks through full employment has brought the major Civil Rights Organizations, Labor, Fraternal Groups into the plan Of the 1970's and their full support behind Dr. Leon H. Sullivan and the 105 OIC centers throughout America. As most of the leaders acknowledged their support of the OIC program, it will take the diversity of leadership from all groups to bring success to the efforts of all 22 million Black Folks. Roy Wilkins, Executive Director of the NAACP, stated that Quality Education is a must for all black children, otherwise 9 per cent of the black population will be Unemployed by 1900. Only the ability to compete for the good jobs will have any affect in this Racist-Capitalist Society. Dr. Ralph D. Abernathy called upon the administration to do something about the $13,000 monthly check being paid to Senator Eastland of Miss, for not growing anything upon his acreage in Miss. He further stated that this must be a welfare check, otherwise it would have stopped a long time ago. If the Administration could pay this amount every month in good conscious, then every American should receive his welfare check for doing nothing, too. Vice President, itgnew spent millions passing out moon rocks to the political leaders of the world. He would have been more appreciated if he had been passing out bread to the hungry chikken. Since President Nixon has no plan which works, God has directed Dr. Abernathy to evict President Nixon from the HEART LUNCHEON & FASHION SHOW Over 1300 persons attended an Affair of the Heart Luncheon and Fashion Show sponsored by the Women's Board of the Washington Heart Association today at the Sheraton Park Motel, Mrs. Pat Nixon, wife of the Ptresident, was honor guest. n?e latest spring fashions were shown by Lord and Taylor. Other head table guests were : Mrs. Warren E. Burger, wife of the Chief Justice; Mrs. John B Connally , wife of the Secretary of the Treasury; Mrs. James D. Hodgson, wife of the Secretary of Labor; Mrs. John N. Mitchell, wife of the Attorney General; Mrs. Elliot L. Richardson, wife of the Secretary Health, Education and Welfare; Mrs George W. Romney, wife of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Mrs. Emil Mosbacher, Jr., wife of the Chief of Protocol and Mrs. Walter E. Washington, wife of the Mayor. Proceeds from this year's luncheon will support 40 high school research award winners who will attend a series of lectures this summer at various science laboratories in the Washington area. In past years the Women's Board has sponsored clinical cardiology fellowships and purchased special equipment to train hospital personnel to care for patiehts in intensive care units and monitoring equipment for the intensive care unit at Sibley Hospital Mrs. Walter J. Hodges is Chairman of the Women's Board and Mrs. J. Willard Marriott, Jr. is Chairman of the Luncheon and Fashion Show. Mayor Walter Washington has proclaimed February as Heart Month and called on all citizens of the District to support the activities of the Washington Heart Association. Francis G. Addison III is General Campaign Chairman of the 1972 Heart Fund Drive Mrs. Anna Chennault is Chairman for Heart Sunday, February 27, the day 10,000 volunteers visit their neighbors' homes delivering Heart Facts of Life and seeking contributions to support the programs of research, education and community service of the Washington Heart Association. Dr. John B. Johnson is President of the Washington Heart Association CANDIDATE FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE Mary E. McGowan is seeking the 42nd District nomination and asking to be returned to the House of Representatives. She previously served in the 105th and 106th General Assembly. "Mary as she is always called, was chosen as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, was pledged to Estes Kefauver for President of the United States. She was elected National Committeewoman from Ohio at that convention. She is currently serving as 14th Congressional State Central Committeewoman and has been since 1963. She is an Honorary Life member of the Federated Democratic Women of Ohio. I^ocally. she is Corresponding Secretary of Federated Democratic Women of Summit County, Recording Secretary of Akron Womens Democratic Club. She has served as Campaign Chairman and Coordinator for many successful candidates both state and locally. In addition, she is Corresponding Secretary and white house in November, 1972. It appears that the leaders have a plan to save America. They are together with determination to see it enforcedMary E. McGowan Board Member of The March of Dimes In the past, she has served as President of Womens Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernians. Mark Heffernan Division, and a Charter Member of the Catholic Daughters of America Mary is listed in "Who's Who of American Women" and also in "Who's Who in America " FREE YOURSELF BY VOTING Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. The National Urban League has come a long way since a band of brave reformers came together over 60 years ago to provide services for new migrants to the bustling cities of pre- World War One America. \jc\oic b*s come a long way s n/o l.:,tin?r Sullivan and his parishioners started their 10-36 Plan to put some muscle into the economic power of black people. But the times have changed too. and as our respective organizations have grown to meet the needs of black people and of the poor of all races, the problems facing the country have deepened They have become more complex in some ways more unyielding. What White America has experienced as a recession. Black America has felt as a Depression. While we seek the economic empowerment of our people, six million Americans walk the streets looking for work that isn't there. While we seek the answers to reviving an ailing economy, the issue of ending poverty has been moved to a back burner, where it suffers not -so-benign neglect. The fate of black workers and entreqpr The fate of black workers and entrepreneurs is no longer limited to the demands of the marketplace; it has become enmeshed in complex issues of devaluation, import policies, government assistance, and overall economic policies. And back of all of the complex technical economic questions looms the great unresolved issue that is the core of the American dilemma? racial justice. There is at this time, a growing despair that this nation can ever solve the racial divisions that have so torn and bloodied the fabric of our society. Much of what America s attitude seems to be I rozen in a sullen resentment against what it interprets as a capitulation of blacks in the sixties. Many middle Americans seem to be complaining that: "They've got their laws. We've .pre c;ear;u defomed tjeir rights. We've hired a few; voted for noe. A black doctor just moved into our suburban neighborhood. We eat with them in restaurants; sit l>eside them in buses ; and even allow a few to desegrate our schools? on a token basis, of course. What more do they want? But while black Americans are syaing "a little bit of freedom won't do," many white Americans respond "thus far for black folk? and no further." Hence, there is a national impasse founded on white Americ'a apparent reluctance to complete the moral and social revolution started in the sixties, and its inability to fully understand that the civil rights issues of that decade are no longer the issues of the seventies The civil rights issues of the sixties have changed. In the sixties, the issue was the right to sit on the bus ; today the issue is where that bus is going and what does it cost to get there. In the sixties, the issue was the right to eat at the lunch counter; today the issue is the hunger and malnutrition that stalk the land. In the sixties, the issue was fair employment opportunity. Today, that can no longer be separated from full employment of black people and equal access to every kind and level of employment up to and including top policy-making jobs. These are issues that cannot be met by wage-price freezes or by a Phase One that keeps restrictions on pay raises for people making far less than the government's own definition of a minimum standard of living budget These are issues that cannot be met by half-way measures of welfare reform, modest steps toward inconclusive health insurance reforms, or by emergency measures that fall far short of a comprehensive manpower policy that will create jobs and economic opportunities for all who need them Hie greatly expanded effort to assist minority business enterprises is welcome, but it must also be joined with the kind of sweeping reforms that will end thehistoric inequity whereby the bottom fifth of the nation's people get only a twentieth of the income, while the top twentieth of the people get a fifth of the income The central civil rights issue of the seventies then, is the restructuring of America's economic and political power so that black people have their fair share of the rewards, the responsibilities, and the decision-making in every sector of our common society. This demands a more sophisticated, tougher strategy than the marches and demonstrations of the past. We are no longer engaged in a Dr. Leon H. Sullivan (right) congratulates Atty. William R. Ellis (left) on Akron Metropolitan QIC being number one on the alphabetical list of OIC centers throughout America. moral struggle for the conscience of the nation, nor is the civil rights thrust still focused on the Old Confederacy. If we've learned anything about the new issues it is that racism is not just a Southern phenomenon, but that it is endemic to all America. And we have leanred too. that other sections of the country can react with as much violence, repression and irrationality today, as the South has historically. Black people in the seventies will no longer be comforted by the stirring resolve sung in the sixties: "Ain't gonna let nobody turn us around,'' because when they see the new Supreme Court, they'll know we've been turned around. Black people will no longer find the same inspiration in the words of the black woman walking in the Montgomery bus boycott who said: "My feets is tired but my soul is rested." The fact today is that not only are her feet tired, but they hurt, and her soul is not rested, but tested, 'cause her spirit is broken and made low. Marches on Washington won't pass a fair and equitable welfare reform bill, but blacks marching to the ballot box might. Irrational opposition to bussing and lawsuits are no guarantee to stop the school buses, but integrated suburbs and neighborhoods and quality education for all might. Corporate responsibility won't amount to much if it's limited to signing up as equal opportunity employers, hiring a few black workers, ana donating a bit less to the Urban League or OIC than to the company president's alma mater But it might take on a new meaning if corporate executives left their offices and went into the ghetto to see for themselves what it is like to be poor and black in this America in 1972. And that goes too, for the Administration in Washington. Next week the President will embark on his historic journey to China. He travels to China on a mission of international understanding and a search for peace that 11 Americans pray will be successful. At the same time, we ask the President and key members of his Administration to Journey as well, to the poverty-stricken underside of our own affluent socidty. We ask the Administration to make a spiritual pilgrimage to Black America, to engage in an urgent mission of healing the deprivation of the ghetto, to demonstrate its concern with the hungry children of the urban ghettos and rural farmlands as it is demonstrating its concern with the strategies of world politics. China is very far away, but so too are ghettos of the South Bronx, the vast blocks of abandoned buildings in St. Louis, and the hunger -stricken counties of Mississippi and Alabama. It was necessaru for the Administration to travel to far-off China in search of world peace, just as it is necessary for it to journey to our Other America in search of domestic peace and justice for all its citizens. For it must understand the human suffering and the human aspirations behind the walls of the rotting tenements and vrumbling shacks. It must understand that the federal resources made available to the Urban League and OIC must go hand in hand with a dramatic commitment to change, and with steady and relentless positive action on the broad range of issues affecting black people. And it must understand that the needs of America's forgotten poor of all races cannot be sacrificed on the latar of expediency they cannot be told that the treasury cannot cope with their just needs while we build space shuttles and new weapons It must come to understand what the whole nation and all. black people must realize? that the era of piecemeal reforms and halfhearted measures is over and that there is a new era upon us. ( nnlimird to Page